- International Trade
- Development Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Data management & Analytics
- Lecturing & Public speaking
- Ph.D. in Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University
- M.Sc, Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- B.Sc, Econimcs, University of Yaounde II, Soa
Dr. Denis Nfor Yuni is the coordinator of the research pillar of the World Trade Organization Chair. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the National University of Lesotho. He has over 12 years of research experience and has published widely in prestigious journals indexed in Scopus and web of science. He has won research grants or consulted for the United Nations Institute for Natural Resources (UNU-INRA), World Bank Sub-national Doing Business, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), African Heritage Institution, Climate Analytics, Afri-Uninet, STEG, CEEPA etc. He has over 8 years of university teaching experience at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-alike (AEFUNAI), Evangel University Akaeze, and the National University of Lesotho (NUL).
He is the former Deputy Director, Centre for Internationalisation and Advancement of AEFUNAI. His research interests include issues related to International Trade, Development finance, environmental and political economics. His publications can be viewed on his Google_Scholar accounts and his Scopus accounts. He can be reached on social media via Linked_in and @denis_yuni is his twitter handle
publications
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Annual Conference
The Chair hosts a conference on an annual basis under a different and pertinent theme. In 2022 the theme was “The Right to Development and the Operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.” The sub-themes included:
1. Intra-African Trade and the Prospects for Poverty Eradication;
2. The Roel of Foreign Direct Investment in the Development of Africa;
3. Agricultural Development and the FoodFebruary 19, 2024Read More -
Research Seminar
The NUL WTO Chair hosted a research seminar on October 18, 2022. It considered the nexus between industrialization and economic growth and development in the context of Lesotho. The Seminar was anchored on a presentation by Dr Denis Yuni which was titled “An Assessment of the Impact of Industrialization on Economic Growth in Lesotho.” The paper provides an overview of the trends and current status of
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World Trade Organization Chairs Programme Annual Conference
The World Trade Organization Chairs Programme (WCP) hosts an annual conference that is attended by all Chairs that are in the network. This is an opportunity for networking, acquiring more information about the programme as well as dialoguing on critical issues that are pertinent in the international trade discourse. Dr Tsotang Tsietsi, the Co-Chair,
February 19, 2024Read More
contact details
Contact us at our NUL office in Roma, Maseru, or contact by email or our social media handles.
Attending the 2nd WTO-NUL conference provided invaluable enrichment through support in research paper development and interdisciplinary scholarly interaction.
